Sex, drugs & chocolate : the science of pleasure / Paul Martin.

  • Martin, Paul, 1958 May 11-
Date:
2008
  • Books

About this work

Also known as

Sex, drugs and chocolate

Publication/Creation

London : Fourth Estate, 2008.

Physical description

ix, 390 pages ; 23 cm

Contributors

Contents

The pursuit of pleasure -- What is pleasure for? -- Sex -- Drugs -- And chocolate -- Pleasure and desire -- The sensation-seekers -- Boredom, unhappiness and pain -- Addiction -- Beastliness -- Four drugs -- Gambling and guzzling -- Disapproval and prohibition -- The wily hedonist.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-377) and index.

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  • LocationStatus
    History of Medicine
    PQE /MAR
    		Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 9780007127085
  • 0007127081